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and the main entrance was a simple gateway in the north-east wall. This was probably reached by a wooden bridge across the rock-cut ditch on this side of the castle; there is another ditch on the south-western side of the knoll. The highest surviving portion of curtain is to the south of the keep and
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to the left of the fireplace contains an entrance to a stair contained within the thickness of the wall, which leads to the roof. There is no evidence of a second-floor door from this stair, although the nineteenth-century rebuilding may have obscured the existence of one. As the second-floor windows
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and slate rubble. The keep is the oldest part of the castle and consists of a basement with two storeys above. By the mid-nineteenth century it was ruined, with a large v-shaped area of masonry missing from the northern wall. The keep was extensively restored and rebuilt between 1848 and 1850 by Lord
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The west tower is ruinous, but originally consisted of two storeys with a single chamber on each floor. Its east and north sides incorporate the original curtain wall and two latrine chutes in the north-east corner. The east wall is approximately 7.9 m (26 ft) high and contains evidence of
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The castle at this time was partly habitable, as it had shortly before been occupied by Hywel ab Ieuan ap Rhys, a "captain" and "outlaw". The country surrounding
Dolwyddelan was unruly, and although Maredudd built a new house, Tai Penamnen, nearby he may have valued the castle as a secure residence.
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The castle is built on a small knoll and consists of a keep on the east side and a tower on the west, linked by walls to form a roughly circular enclosure. The building history is uncertain, but the keep is the oldest structure. It has been heightened twice, first by either Edward I or
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reaches a height of 4 m (13 ft); the wall has a maximum thickness of 2 m (6 ft). The southern corner between the keep and curtain wall contains the remains of an oven, and may mark the site of the kitchens. The curtain also contains the remains of a
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The entrance to the tower is on the first floor via a flight of steps which was originally protected by a forebuilding, now ruinous. The interior is currently a two-storey space, but would originally have consisted of only the first floor. The line of the original
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is preserved in the south wall, and the side walls have an offset which would have supported the roof timbers. The fireplace in the east wall has a thirteenth-century back but otherwise dates from the restoration. The window
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a door and window on the ground floor and a fireplace with a hood on the first floor. The bottom half of a narrow window survives in the south wall; its dressings, as well as those of the surviving doorway
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constructed in the valley. English troops maintained a military presence at the castle until at least 1290, when
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considers it more probable that this work was undertaken by Edward I and that
Maredudd instead preferred the spacious chambers in the west tower. Dolwyddelan became part of the
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is typical of those constructed by the Welsh princes in the thirteenth century, and bears a resemblance to the contemporary towers built by
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suggests a late thirteenth or early fourteenth century date. It likely replaced an earlier building, as at this point the curtain incorporates two
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History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd
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Ieuan and second during the nineteenth-century restoration. The western tower may have been constructed in the late thirteenth century by
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the now-ruined castle attracted the attention of artists and antiquarians. It was engraved by
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which was notorious for kindred feuds, and he moved to
Dolwyddelan to both extend his influence and distance himself from his relatives.
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It is uncertain when the west tower at
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also depicts the castle. These accounts are valuable as they record the castle before it was partially restored and reconstructed by
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Dolwyddelan Castle was probably built by
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth between 1210 and 1240 in order to guard the road from Nant Conwy to
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Wilton, Andrew (May 2013). "A Ruined Castle: ?Dolwyddelan 1799 by Joseph
Mallord William Turner". In Brown, David Blayney (ed.).
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Little appears to have happened at the castle between the end of the thirteenth century and 1488, when the lease was acquired by
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also date from this reconstruction it is possible that the tower was heightened without a new floor being inserted.
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Dolwyddelan Castle forms a roughly circular enclosure around the knoll it occupies, and is constructed of local
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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is known to have stayed at Dolwyddelan as in August 1275 he sent a letter to the prior of
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1752:. Vol. 1. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 1956. pp. 80–83.
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in 1283, and despite being immediately refortified its military significance subsequently declined. In 1488
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negotiated a surrender. The castle was immediately refortified, supplied with a
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chutes which are contemporary with it. The tower may have been built by
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1900:North Wales Daily Post (18 September 2007).
1859:The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales
1777:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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1853:Longley, David (16 December 2009).
1789:from the original on 4 October 2023
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2501:Welsh castles repaired by Edward I
2014:. London: W. Clowes. p. 417.
1938:Welsh Castles: A Guide by Counties
1479:(2004). Williams, Diane M. (ed.).
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2050:The Welsh Castles of Edward I
2033:Dictionary of Welsh Biography
1962:Dictionary of Welsh Biography
1956:Pierce, Thomas Jones (1959).
1813:The Medieval Castles of Wales
1567:"Castell Dolwyddelan (CN040)"
1294:, pp. ix, 144/3, 145–46.
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1803:UK public library membership
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1435:Caernarvonshire: East (1956)
1419:Caernarvonshire: East (1956)
1399:Caernarvonshire: East (1956)
1348:Caernarvonshire: East (1956)
1248:Wynn & Barrington (1827)
1244:Caernarvonshire: East (1956)
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1861:. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
1508:Archaeologia Cambrensis
702:. The castle is both a
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2138:at Wikimedia Commons
1902:"Dolwyddelan Castle"
1613:(17 February 1997).
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538:Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
486:Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
470:Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
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403:Conwy County Borough
386:Welsh pronunciation:
206:Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
131:53.05306°N 3.90833°W
56:Conwy County Borough
2612:Monarchy portal
2246:Other stone castles
1174:, pp. 194–95;
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621:. According to the
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430:Edward I of England
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2101:Barrington, Daines
1982:Prestwich, Michael
1461:, pp. 25, 28.
1407:RCAHMW & 95299
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1262:, pp. 18, 21.
1162:, pp. 194–95.
1146:, pp. 194–95.
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1483:. Cardiff: Cadw.
1445:, pp. 33–34.
1425:, pp. 26–28.
1310:, pp. 49–56.
1250:, pp. 92–93.
1194:, pp. 44–45.
1106:, pp. 8, 11.
1026:, pp. 33–34.
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696:Ministry of Works
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